EP1396192B1 - Apparatus for pressing edible articles - Google Patents

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EP1396192B1
EP1396192B1 EP02078651A EP02078651A EP1396192B1 EP 1396192 B1 EP1396192 B1 EP 1396192B1 EP 02078651 A EP02078651 A EP 02078651A EP 02078651 A EP02078651 A EP 02078651A EP 1396192 B1 EP1396192 B1 EP 1396192B1
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holding device
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Jacob Christian Refer
Per Fejer
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Aasted Mikroverk ApS
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Priority to DE60201604T priority patent/DE60201604T2/de
Priority to DK02078651T priority patent/DK1396192T3/da
Priority to AT02078651T priority patent/ATE279119T1/de
Priority to US10/653,356 priority patent/US6845708B2/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G3/00—Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
    • A23G3/02—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor
    • A23G3/0236—Shaping of liquid, paste, powder; Manufacture of moulded articles, e.g. modelling, moulding, calendering
    • A23G3/0252—Apparatus in which the material is shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band, or by a drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the material on a surface, e.g. injection moulding, transfer moulding
    • A23G3/0289—Compression moulding of paste, e.g. in the form of a ball or rope or other preforms, or of a powder or granules
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
    • A23G1/04—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products
    • A23G1/20—Apparatus for moulding, cutting, or dispensing chocolate
    • A23G1/201—Apparatus not covered by groups A23G1/21 - A23G1/28
    • A23G1/205—Apparatus in which the material is shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band or by drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the material on a surface, e.g. injection moulding, transfer moulding
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
    • A23G1/04—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products
    • A23G1/20—Apparatus for moulding, cutting, or dispensing chocolate
    • A23G1/201—Apparatus not covered by groups A23G1/21 - A23G1/28
    • A23G1/205—Apparatus in which the material is shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band or by drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the material on a surface, e.g. injection moulding, transfer moulding
    • A23G1/207—Compression moulding of paste, optionally in form of ball or rope or other preforms, or of powder or granules

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  • Food Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Polymers & Plastics (AREA)
  • Confectionery (AREA)
  • Formation And Processing Of Food Products (AREA)
EP02078651A 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Apparatus for pressing edible articles Expired - Lifetime EP1396192B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP02078651A EP1396192B1 (en) 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Apparatus for pressing edible articles
DE60201604T DE60201604T2 (de) 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Vorrichtung zum Formen essbarer Gegenstände
DK02078651T DK1396192T3 (da) 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Apparat til presning af spiselige artikler
AT02078651T ATE279119T1 (de) 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Vorrichtung zum formen essbarer gegenstände
US10/653,356 US6845708B2 (en) 2002-09-06 2003-09-03 Apparatus for pressing edible articles

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EP02078651A EP1396192B1 (en) 2002-09-06 2002-09-06 Apparatus for pressing edible articles

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EP1396192A1 EP1396192A1 (en) 2004-03-10
EP1396192B1 true EP1396192B1 (en) 2004-10-13

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EP (1) EP1396192B1 (da)
AT (1) ATE279119T1 (da)
DE (1) DE60201604T2 (da)
DK (1) DK1396192T3 (da)

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US7820218B2 (en) * 2005-02-11 2010-10-26 Mars, Incorporated Methods and apparatus for forming shaped edible pieces
EP1767099B1 (en) 2005-09-21 2009-11-11 Unilever PLC Process and apparatus for stamping a pattern onto a coated frozen confection
EP1856983A1 (en) * 2006-05-17 2007-11-21 CFS Weert B.V. Mould for sweets with an imprint
US8124506B2 (en) * 2008-08-14 2012-02-28 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. USJ techniques with helium-treated substrates
EP2522227A1 (de) * 2011-05-11 2012-11-14 Bühler AG Vorrichtung und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines geformten Verzehrguts
GB2502360A (en) * 2012-05-23 2013-11-27 Kraft Foods R & D Inc Parallel Article Transport System for Stamping

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GB996995A (en) * 1963-03-08 1965-06-30 Burgess Engineering Stoke On T Apparatus for lining receptacles with paste to form cases preparatory to the introduction of a filling in the production of "open" tarts and analogous confectionery
US4706558A (en) * 1985-11-07 1987-11-17 Snyder Jr Francis H Home chocolate processing apparatus
DK172603B1 (da) * 1992-09-23 1999-02-22 Aasted Mikroverk Aps Fremgangsmåde og anlæg til fremstilling af chokoladeartikler
SK280543B6 (sk) * 1992-11-20 2000-03-13 Unilever Nv Spôsob prípravy výrobkov obsahujúcich tuk
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US6268006B1 (en) * 1997-05-17 2001-07-31 Kmb Produktions Method for producing consumable items
DE19732037C2 (de) * 1997-07-25 2002-08-08 Kmb Produktions Ag Felben Vorrichtung zum Kühlen von Verzehrgütern in der Confiserie
DE19849099C2 (de) * 1998-10-24 2001-02-15 Sollich Kg Vorrichtung zum kontinuierlichen Temperieren von zu verarbeitenden kakaobutterhaltigen oder ähnlichen fetthaltigen Massen
EP0920810B1 (en) * 1998-11-02 2002-01-02 Aasted-Mikroverk Aps System for the production of shells of fat-containing, chocolate-like masses under pressure build-up
EP0925720B1 (en) * 1998-11-02 2001-09-12 Aasted-Mikroverk Aps Apparatus comprising independently suspended core members for the production of shells of fat-containing, chocolate-like masses

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US6845708B2 (en) 2005-01-25
DK1396192T3 (da) 2004-11-08
ATE279119T1 (de) 2004-10-15
US20040099153A1 (en) 2004-05-27
EP1396192A1 (en) 2004-03-10
DE60201604D1 (de) 2004-11-18
DE60201604T2 (de) 2006-03-09

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